INTERVIEW – For the philosopher and psychoanalyst Hélène L'Heuillet, we should be concerned about the excess which, in all its forms, represents an ideal in our society.
Where does the anxiety that grips our contemporaries come from? Between those who fill their agenda to excess, and the proponents of “let go “, everything seems to come back to a firm desire to control our lives from start to finish. In his essay The emptiness within us, Hélène L'Heuillet, emeritus lecturer in philosophy at Sorbonne University and psychoanalyst, draws on her experience to propose a reflection on the void, in its different dimensions. A quest allowing us to question both the fears and the desires that hide deep within us.
LE FIGARO. – In your book, you talk about the relationship with money, food, consumerism… Can we say that it is a work of personal development ?
Hélène L’HEUILLET. – It's true, philosophers have been placed more and more in this category in recent years, but I'm not sure I see myself there. What I criticize about personal development is its injunctive nature…
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